Today's third update: Chapter 1700! 3/3!
"Of course, aside from these apparent functions, what other convenient authority the Mount Tai Governor Seal can grant you is beyond our ability to discern."
"But the Mount Tai Governor Seal was formed from the power Eastern Mountain Patriarch left within the statue. At a critical moment, it may be able to recreate a glimpse of Eastern Mountain Patriarch's divine radiance!"
Xu Kun frowned. "Wait, doesn't that mean Emperor of Mount Tai can no longer reincarnate?"
Everyone had apparently expected Xu Kun to ask that, so they were not surprised.
"Eastern Mountain Patriarch truly can no longer reincarnate."
Huh?
The ruler of the underworld was really gone?
Then wasn't all this effort to rebuild the underworld just a joke?
"When Eastern Mountain Patriarch first fell, he might still have had the ability to choose a successor. But most of his origin was stolen away by someone else. That person was Hades, whom the Titan Race now reveres as the god of the underworld!"
Zeus's younger brother, Athena's uncle...
"Then is there still any point in appointing City Gods throughout the world and helping the Ten Kings of Hell and Five Ghost Emperors successfully reincarnate?"
"Yes!" Gongsun Sheng answered with resolute eyes.
He then replied somewhat excitedly, "Because Eastern Mountain Patriarch was not a member of any race. He was the embodiment of the underworld's will, as well as the ruler of an entire realm!"
"The previous Emperor of Mount Tai had completely vanished into the tides of time, but as long as the underworld can be rebuilt, once its will accumulates sufficient power, it can nurture a new ruler. He may no longer be Eastern Mountain Patriarch, but he will become the underworld's new authority!"
So the foundation determined the superstructure?
"So, whether